A small corporate jet carrying seven passengers crashed in Thomson, Ga., late Wednesday when the plane over shot the runway at Thomson-McDuffie County Airport and landed in a wooded area about a mile away, reports Atlanta Business Chronicle broadcast partner WXIA-TV.

Flight records show the plane left John C. Tune Airport in Nashville at 6:28 p.m. CST and was scheduled to arrive at the Thomson airport 36 minutes later, the station said.

The Hawker Beechcraft 390/Premier I crashed shortly after 8 p.m. just north of the Milliken & Co. plant, causing a brush fire and knocking out power to thousands of people, the station reported. Investigators said the plane was demolished.

The pilot and a passenger were alive, according to McDuffie County Assistant Fire Chief Stephen Sewell.

McDuffie County Sheriff Logan Marshall confirmed that two survivors were taken to area hospitals.

Georgia Regents Medical Center confirmed Thursday morning one male patient involved in the plane crash is in critical condition. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available, the hospital said, in a statement.

Names of passengers had not been released as of early Thursday, but The Augusta Chronicle was reporting the small plane was connected to the Vein Guys, a medical practice with clinics in Augusta and several other South­eastern cities.

WXIA reports that an online check of the plane's tail number - N777VG - shows it frequently flew to and from Thom­son-McDuffie County Airport.

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